Fatal Mount Union wreck kills twenty plus
Emergency crews rushed a relief train to Mount Union Pennsylvania after a fast freight collided with the Mercantile Express. At least 20 people died including the Minds family children and Owen children. Investigators blamed potential fog signals and noted engineer A T Cook suffered a crushed leg.
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Rameo
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Iss Maud Minds
Conifer
New York
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M. A. Gaslisgh
N. Y
A. Segur
Dellin
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Richard Owen
Dorothy Owen
Jean Owen
Mr. Minds
Charles Levine
Nassau Street
P. B. Pollard
Liepenard Street
N.minton Hymes
West 158Th Street
W. Bright
JS. Kelly
Brooklyn
H. A. Roefler
Platteville
Wis
L. W. Montgomery
East Grove Street
Bloomington
R. Fanning
Michigan
Tullman
A. T. Cook
Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
Raishte
Two British Ships Sunk by German Submarine
Berlin reports the sinking of the British steamers Aries of 3072 tons and Seagull of 144 tons by a German submarine, with both crews landed. Berlin also announced the sinking of the British transport steamer A-19, per admiralty reports.
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Berlin
London
Aries
Liards’ Shipping Agency
Seagull
Sayville
Admiralty
British Attack on Somme Ypres Front Thwarted
Berlin wires report British forces attacked German trenches along the Ypres to Somme front, with a single success east of Arras where they were driven out by a counter attack. The German staff says only that entry was gained at one point and that fighting grew livelier as severe winter slackened.
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Berlin
Sayville
Ypres
Belgium
Somme
Arras
Use Lightships for National Defense Plan Outlined
Washington plans transfer of lightship and coast survey vessels to national defense. Twenty five buoy steamers, equipped for mine laying, are linked with annual practice. Funds sought to equip lighthouses and lightships with telephones and wireless. Senate also passes pension bill granting 100 to the widow of Maj. Gen. Frederick Funston.
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Any
Navy
National Defense
Coast and Geodetic Survey
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Fisheries Service
Coast Survey
Redfield
MES
Big Tug Fleet Pledged to U S If War Comes
New York February 17 Marine superintendents of railroads based in New York consider plans to mobilize steel railroad tugs for government use in New York waters. Yacht owners offer vessels for patrolling mine sweeping and other auxiliary naval services amid Roosevelt urging 10 000 men and 750 boats for Atlantic coast defense. After his speech 200 maritime representatives backed Rear Admiral Usher at the New York navy yard.
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New York
Franklin L. Roosevelt
Atlantic
American Liner Finland 15 Due In Port Tomorrow
New York February 27 The American liner Finland sailing from Liverpool February 17 with 166 passengers including Americans would reach Ambrose lightship shortly after midnight and dock tomorrow The Finland is the third American passenger vessel to leave England since Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare others being the New York and the Philadelphia The line’s fleet will be in New York for the first time since the Spanish American War Henry Van Deke a former American minister to The Netherlands is aboard.
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Finland
American_line
Liverpool
Ambrose Channel
England
Germany
Philadelphia
Henry van Deke
Americcan
Netherlands
Rome
Paris
Giornale d'Italia
Orlean
Bordeaux
America
Rochester
Exert
Ameri Tang
Thousands of Turks Captured at Kut
London report from February 27 notes British forces at Kut el Amara have imprisoned several thousands of Turkish troops. Earl Curzon in the House of Lords said retreating Ottoman forces were 15 miles northwest of Kut and more prisoners, equipment, munitions, and stores were seized as operations moved upriver.
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Kut el-Amara
Earl Curzon
War Council
House of Lords
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Maude
Earl _Curzot
Explosion at ammunition depots kills 200 and wounds 700
Frankfurter Zeitung cites a private French source via Switzerland reporting February 2 blast at ammunition depots. The event purportedly killed over 200 people and wounded about 700, with more than 80 000 tons of ammunition destroyed. The note mentions Versailles as a reference.
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Berlin
Sayville
Frankfurter Zeitung
France
Switzerland
Congress Debates Wilson Powers Over Submarine Threat
Washington legislative debate centers on restricting the presidents broad authority to arm ships and use other instrumentalities in response to German U boats. House and Senate committees weigh limits, with support for arming merchant vessels mixed and a push for swift action before adjournment.
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White House
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Ptce
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Stone
Hitchcock
O'forman
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Flood
Foreign Relations Committee
Committee of Foreign Affairs
Khim
Jeaders
Laconia Liner Sunk After Torpedo Attacks at Sea
Report from Queenstown details the Cunard liner Laconia hit by two torpedoes. Six hours at sea in lifeboats followed by rescue, with Mrs Hoy and her daughter dying from exposure. Survivor accounts praise crew discipline and bravery. Dr Hawke of San Francisco among those interviewed, others injured or missing.
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London
Altor
Father Wareing
Gibbons
Laconia
Bantry
Hroy
F. &. Warris
Bhyewitnuss
Cunard
Altho Tse Cunard
Hawke
San Francisco
Migs Miltsie Iosi
Paris
New York
Cunard Line
Liverpool
Bryan to Contest Wilson Power in Congress Speech Tour
The text records William Jennings Bryan opposing granting broad presidential war powers. He criticized President Wilson while in Florida, saying no delegation of authority should surrender Congress’s control. Bryan plans further speaking engagements and telegraphic outreach to congressional allies.
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Reville
Wilson
Washington
Wilrau
Congress
Bryan
Ueyan
Gata Ress
Peeysa
Russians Die After Swedish Rail Crash Headed Home
London reports sixty five wounded Russians en route from Germany were killed when their train derailed near Olmeleden in northern Sweden. Four cars were wrecked in the Monday accident, according to a Copenhagen dispatch.
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London
Germany
Olmeleden
Sweden
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Potatoes Day Boycott Slashes Prices In Chicago
Chicago reports a general consumer boycott cutting potato prices by five cents a bushel with other foods showing declines. An official health chief cites millions of pounds of meat in cold storage but no shortage. Officials in New York and Chicago push price relief via private food purchases and planned sales. A car shortage blamed on ocean shipping and a price drop follow a citywide food boycott. A Des Moines accident leaves C. O. Strickler fatally injured by a cave-in during excavation.
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Joln Kill Robertson
New York
Albany
Columbia River
Tacoma
Welt
J. W. Higgins
General Managers, 'Association of Chicago
Mignins
Roycott
Laconia Sinking Deepens U S Tensions At Sea
President Wilson and Secretary Lansing deem the Laconia sinking a clear violation of American rights and will wait for Congress before further action. Twelve dead and missing include Mrs Hoy and daughter and crew members. ships, boats, and survivors face exposure as rescue efforts unfold from Queenstown.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Lansing
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